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<span id="macholib-macho-utilities-for-reading-and-writing-mach-o-headers"></span><h1><a class="reference internal" href="#module-macholib.MachO" title="macholib.MachO: Utilities for reading and writing Mach-O headers"><tt class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">macholib.MachO</span></tt></a> &#8212; Utilities for reading and writing Mach-O headers<a class="headerlink" href="#module-macholib.MachO" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<p>This module defines a class <tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Macho</span></tt>, which enables reading
and writing the Mach-O header of an executable file or dynamic
library on MacOS X.</p>
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<em class="property">class </em><tt class="descclassname">macholib.MachO.</tt><tt class="descname">MachO</tt><big>(</big><em>filename</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#macholib.MachO.MachO" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Creates a MachO object by reading the Mach-O headers from
<em>filename</em>.</p>
<p>The <em>filename</em> should refer to an existing file in Mach-O
format, and can refer to fat (universal) binaries.</p>
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